[gameprogrammer] Re: Daydreaming, questioning....

  • From: Robbert de Groot <zekaric@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:49:22 -0700 (PDT)

1. would be my vote.  Although someone else has mentioned that 2, 3 and 4 could 
support it ins some fashion.  But in the end you have something creative and 
hopefully fun to show for all your work.

2. would probably be at the bottom of my list.  Unless it will make your life 
so much simpler or if you have a community ready and waiting for a good 
alternative.  As I see it, the results will have very limited appeal.

3. Sounds like fun, but without an application to use the results, all it will 
be is a bit of a toy.  Unless you can target 3D raytrace users or game 
developers who want to do space scenes and such. 

4. Sounds very cool.  Although more in the geek sort of way instead of a wider 
appeal.  Personally I'm curious in what you have in mind for the language and 
how they differ from current options.  

Robbert de Groot

--- On Thu, 9/17/09, Bob Pendleton <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Bob Pendleton <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

1) Write the space war game I always wanted to write.

2) Write yet another 3D drawing/layout program. This would be the kind of 
program you need for drawing 3D items and doing level layout and design. 
Trouble is there are a million of these. 

3) Build a planet sim so you can create game worlds without having to do it by 
hand. This one popped out while I was thinking about #1. I spent a lot of time 
learning just how hard it is to subdivide a sphere. Spheres are really nasty.

4) Stonewolf, the programming language:  a language designed for multimedia 
apps whose design is aimed at the future, not the past. Designed for 64 bit 
address spaces, terabyte disks, and hundreds of cores. 



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